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Navigating Ship Communication Challenges in the Digital Era

Explore the complexities of managing ship communications including technology, regulation, onboard technical expertise, security threats, and market responses. Learn about the evolution of maritime communications, onboard network integration, modern IT applications, and the state of the network on vessels. Discover key players in the maritime communications market and the nature of cyber threats faced by ship networks.

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Navigating Ship Communication Challenges in the Digital Era

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  1. Challenges in Managing Ship Communications

  2. The Challenges • Technology • Regulation & Reporting • Onboard Technical know how • Security Threats

  3. Manager’s Requirement • Bringing the vessel closer to the office. • Manage • Monitor • Control • Act • Improve • Processes • On-line plant management. • KPI’s • E-purchasing, e-learning, e-ntertaining • Regulations & Conformance

  4. Market Response • Demand for a higher bandwidth. • The growth in data communication has tripled in the last year. • The marketplace has responded with new solutions , new systems, and land based technologies. • Consolidation among providers. • New entrants to the maritime comms market place.

  5. Providers • EutelSAT • IntelSAT • Boeing • Iridium, Thuraya, & SATs. • Inmarsat – MSS

  6. The Inmarsat Model

  7. The Inmarsat Model

  8. Technology: • Once upon a time; We were happy with • Fax, telex, and voice. • Paper was king at the time. • The onboard network was simple. It did not exist. Probably had a single PC to compose the telex & fax messages. • Simple enough to eliminate the radio officer position.

  9. Onboard SatComs BDU PTT Internet

  10. New Applications Vessel Integration of IT and satellite communication • Fast e-mail, Internet and Intranet access • E-commerce • Video and digital image communications • Crew Calling / e-mailing / training • Secure communications Firewalls & VPN • Electronic chart update • Ship Management Applications (SMA) • Cargo Data • Remote monitoring • Engine Alarms • Engine Performance • Physical Security

  11. Today’s onboard computing environment: • Complex • Specialized Application sub-networks: • Plant monitoring network – Security & Safety • Crew e-training • Crew entertainment • Office / ship business network

  12. Onboard Network SMA net Router MON net Firewall Internet COMMs Crew net

  13. Additional Hardware • Added to the network: • Remote access servers. • On-line connectivity / Firewalls • Direct & Continuous exchange of data with shore. • Routers & Switches • We are not very far from making the vessel a permanent node on the office network.

  14. Today’s Technology • VSAT • Fleet 33, 55, 77 • Fleet 128 • Fleet Broadband • Connexion bye Boeing • MPDS (Internet on the high seas) • Always on

  15. The State of the Network • As the ship becomes a remote office on the enterprise network, the issues onboard and ashore become the same. • One of today’s most critical challenges is the protection of the enterprise information assets. Here’s why:

  16. The State of the Network • Advanced Infrastructure • Vulnerable assets • Understaffed

  17. Vessel Data Growth

  18. The Nature of the Threat

  19. The Nature of the Threat

  20. The Nature of the Threat Spam in e-mail Message Labs – UK May 2006 report. More than one of every two messages is spam

  21. The Nature of the Threat Malware the new virus threat • Spy Ware • Ad Ware • Trojan & • Viruses 20% of all spam is Malware All it takes is one message to get onboard.

  22. The Nature of the Threat Sophos Labs- USA

  23. The Nature of the Threat Sophos Labs- USA How fast can a machine be infected?

  24. In Summary • Ship’s networks continues to grow in complexity. • Different service providers & technologies. • Traditional LESOs large and slow • Demand for specialized knowledge onboard.

  25. Thank You Partners in Global Communication

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